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DR. THOMAS MUIR, in his letter in NATURE of April 7 (p. 156), corrects the misapprehension implied in the “New English Dictionary,” viz. the supposition that the word “radian” was first introduced in the “Treatise on Natural Philosophy” by Thomson and Tait.
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THOMSON, J. The Term “Radian” in Trigonometry. Nature 83, 217 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/083217c0
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